Trees to 50-60 m tall and 250 cm dbh, usually with a single straight trunk and a pyramidal or columnar crown that flattens with age. Bark scaly, gray, becoming fissured and coarsely platy with age. Branchlets of leading shoots thick, lateral shoots thinner, yellow- to red-brown, greying with age, ridged and grooved, smooth or with slight pubescence in grooves. Leaves of shade foliage ± pectinate, (1.5-)2-4(-5) cm × 1.5-2.5 mm, linear, flattened, margins slightly revolute, stomata in two bands on the underside. Pollen cones lateral on shoot, 2-4.5 cm long, yellow with purple-blue microsporophylls. Seed cones lateral, erect, sessile, cylindrical, 8-12 × 4-5.5 cm, purple-blue maturing very dark purple, brown when dehiscing. Seed scale 1.5-2 × 2-2.5 cm, smooth or slightly striated. Bracts 2-2.5 cm, slightly or not exserted. Seeds 8 × 4 mm with a 10 × 5 mm wing, brown (Farjon 2017).
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Abies fabri subsp. fordei (Rushforth) Silba |
| synonym | Abies fordei Rushforth |
| synonym | Abies spectabilis var. densa (Griff.) Silba |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Growth Form
Tree
Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Terrestrial: at atltitudes between 2450 and 4000 masl
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Description
Eastern Himalaya from E Nepal to the Great Bend of the Brahmaputra
Global Distribution
Bhutan; Tibet (China); India; eastern Nepal
Indian Distribution
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal
Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
Timber tree used in construction (house building - interiors and roofing) and ornamental
Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of China. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210000004 (Accessed on 20 April 2018)
- American Conifer Society. http://conifersociety.org/conifers/conifer/abies/densa/ (Accessed on 20 April 2018)
- The Gymnosperm Database. http://www.conifers.org/pi/Abies_densa.php (Accessed on 20 April 2018)
- Farjon, Aljos. 2017. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Vols. I and II Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. 1154p. ISBN 9004324518, 9789004324510
- Farjon A., Gardner M. & Thomas P. (2018). Conifer Database (version Jan 2014). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 28th March 2018. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/b05368e9e4ac41df538d27d299231701
- Zhang, D, Christian, T., Carter, G., Farjon, A., Liao, W. & Yang, Y. 2013. Abies densa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T42278A2969131. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42278A2969131.en. Downloaded on 20 April 2018.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of China. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210000004 (Accessed on 20 April 2018)
- American Conifer Society. http://conifersociety.org/conifers/conifer/abies/densa/ (Accessed on 20 April 2018)
- The Gymnosperm Database. http://www.conifers.org/pi/Abies_densa.php (Accessed on 20 April 2018)
- Farjon, Aljos. 2017. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Vols. I and II Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. 1154p. ISBN 9004324518, 9789004324510
- Farjon A., Gardner M. & Thomas P. (2018). Conifer Database (version Jan 2014). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 28th March 2018. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/b05368e9e4ac41df538d27d299231701
- Zhang, D, Christian, T., Carter, G., Farjon, A., Liao, W. & Yang, Y. 2013. Abies densa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T42278A2969131. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42278A2969131.en. Downloaded on 20 April 2018.
First photographic record of tiger presence at higher elevations of the Mishmi Hills in the Eastern Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Pinopsida |
| Order | Pinales |
| Family | Pinaceae |
| Genus | Abies |
| Species | Abies densa Griff. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
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